An African American man is leaning against a piece of fence standing between structures that have been completely destroyed by the tornado which hit Louisville, Kentucky, on March 27, 1890. Other damaged buildings are in the background in the...

Includes names of faculty, students, and alumni, and information about the university and its courses. The university has gone by many names since its founding in 1879: The Kentucky Normal and Theological Institute (1879), State University (1883),...

Includes names of faculty and students and information about the university and its courses. The catalog includes photos of sewing class, the boys' basketball team, university hospital, faculty, and campus and buildings. The university has gone by...

600 block of south 4th Street looking north. A dump truck filled with bags in front of Hubbuch Brothers and Wellendorff store. An African American man stands with a shovel behind a pile of gravel. Next to the store is a wood fence with painted...

Side view of Mohlenkamp's at the corner of 8th Street and Market. The store, which sells automobile parts and harnesses and horse accessories, is in a long, brick building. Two African American women stand in front of the entrance. Two cars are...

Address: 830 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. On the stage of Columbia Auditorium, some men wear tuxedoes while others wear suits. The women wear dresses and a couple have corsages pinned to their shoulders. Five young girls are dressed in...

One African American teenage boy is giving a shoe shine to an African American man sitting in a shoe shine chair on a sidewalk in Lexington, Kentucky. The chair is covered by an umbrella advertising "Lexington's Biggest Store Kaufman Clothing...

I conducted my dissertation research in the national, state, and local archives. Using Deborah Brandt's "Sponsors of Literacy" as a conceptual framework and Critical Race Theory as a theoretical framework, I offer Louisville, Kentucky as...

An African American child sewing and an image of a woman teaching African American children how to sew. A note on the invoice saying, "1 lot of copies of old photos," indicates that this photograph is a reproduction of two other...

Currently including 26 interviews (available as audio files and transcriptions), mostly conducted in the late 1970s, that document the many aspects of life in Louisville, particularly as experienced by African Americans, this digital collection...

An African-American doctor examines a small child on a table. Next to the table sits a woman holding another child in her lap. A nurse stands next to the doctor who is using a stethoscope. Enlargement made for Health Council Community Chest, Mrs....

African-American hospital ward. Patients lie in the beds on either side of the room. Nurses and other hospital employees are near the back of the room. A girl sits on a chair in the middle of the room. Text on image: [Lay] Brad. Photo Nashville....